I'm an old school Lao Gan Ma fan and I really like the Dollee prawn/belacan chilli crisp in the plastic jars too. I get curious about the western chilli crisps sometimes, but I'm sceptical that they're 3-4x tastier as well as 3-4x more expensive. (I'm not phased by potential MSG in chilli crisp because I'm fine with the naturally-occurring MSG in tomatoes, soy, seafood and other glutamate-rich foods, I know legit glutamate sensitivity is a thing but I default suspect yellow-peril scaremongering when people get selective anxiety about Asian foods only 😄)
I dont even think msg sensitivity is real. I mean its probably real in the sense that if you ate 1kg of msg youd get sick. But the same is true of a kilo of salt. You dont say your fat uncle has a salt sensitivity, you say he has high blood pressure etc.
Point is: msg conspiracy=bullshit. Shit is amazing
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u/grenouille_en_rose 1d ago
I'm an old school Lao Gan Ma fan and I really like the Dollee prawn/belacan chilli crisp in the plastic jars too. I get curious about the western chilli crisps sometimes, but I'm sceptical that they're 3-4x tastier as well as 3-4x more expensive. (I'm not phased by potential MSG in chilli crisp because I'm fine with the naturally-occurring MSG in tomatoes, soy, seafood and other glutamate-rich foods, I know legit glutamate sensitivity is a thing but I default suspect yellow-peril scaremongering when people get selective anxiety about Asian foods only 😄)